Optical coatings in the 1940s: Coating under adverse conditions

Robert E. Parks

Recently Karl H. Guenther of the University of Alabama in Huntsville became a member of the U.S. technical activities group for ISO/TC 172/SC3/WG2, Optical coatings. Soon after, he attended a WG2 meeting in Paris as the U.S. representative and was promptly designated the convener of the group.